Facebook launches its ad platform; Coca-Cola as friend? — Facebook on Tuesday announced its long awaited advertising system, dubbed Facebook Ads. — According to the company's statement, Facebook Ads will allow "businesses to connect with users and target advertising to the exact audiences they want."

MySpace and Facebook launch new Advertising products, why Hyper Targeting, Social Ads and rise of the "Fan-Sumer" matter to brands — By Jeremiah Owyang, insight from Charlene Li and Shar VanBoskirk. This is also being cross-posted on the Forrester Marketing Blog. — Executive Summary

Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus — Crave hangs with people in high places — that's how we get exclusives and free food. A few weeks ago we were having a civilised dinner with our friends at Asus and angling for cool stories when we were told in a very hushed manner: "Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC."

5 newspaper giants in talks about online ad network — Five of the nation's top newspaper companies are taking steps to create a national online advertising network they hope will help them recapture ad revenue leaking away from their print products. — Sources close to the situation said Gannett Co. …

More Readers Trading Newspapers for Web Sites — THE circulation declines of American newspapers continued over the spring and summer, as sales across the industry fell almost 3 percent compared with the year before, according to figures released yesterday.

I'm not happy with Leopard — I've given Leopard a chance, but it's pretty clear, this is not a good operating system release. — I've been out of the Mac loop for most of the last decade, just got back in a bit over 2 years ago. I don't know if early OS releases are generally as crappy as this one …

Salesforce.com Acknowledges Data Loss — Business software provider Salesforce.com acknowledged that a recent spate of targeted e-mail virus and phishing attacks against its customers resulted from one of its own employees falling for a phishing scam and turning over the keys to the company's customer database.

Google and the wrongly jailed Indian Net surfer — On August 31, Lakshmana Kailash K. was arrested in Bangalore, India, and charged with posting insulting images of a revered historical figure on the Internet. The police claimed that he had uploaded disrespectful images of Chhatrapati Shivaji …

The ten most addictive online flash games ever made — For some people online flash games are a passing distraction to fill the hours between lunch and home time. For others online flash games are a passionate hobby that keeps glued to their monitors while they try and beat their last score.

Most fans paid $0 for Radiohead album — LOS ANGELES - Radiohead let its fans decide how much to pay for a digital copy of the band's latest release, "In Rainbows," and more than half of those who downloaded the album chose to pay nothing, according to a study by a consumer research firm.

Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott is out — Stuart Scott, who joined Microsoft in 2005 as Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, [has left] was ousted from the company, as of November 5 for violating company policies, Microsoft officials said. — According to a statement from a Microsoft spokesperson: